 ALL that's bright must fade, — The brightest still the fleetest ; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest Stars that shine and fall ; — The flower that drops in springing ; , These, alas ! are types of all To which our hearts are clinging....  Melodies (Irish melodies, National melodies). - Page 218by Thomas Moore - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...must fade and roses wither. b. LOWELL — The Token. All that's bright must fade. The brightest-still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest c. MOOEE— National Airs . In the sweetest bud The eating canker dwells. d. Ttco Uentlemen of Verona.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...Our life is scarce the twinkle of a star In God's eternal day. 2732 Bayard Taylor: Autumnal Vespers All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest. 2733 Moore : National Airs. All That's Bright No ! life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom... | |
 | Frederick Bryon Norman - 1883 - 162 pages
...fatuus, silly, insipid) is to lose freshness, colour or strength gradually; to die away gradually. Ex.: All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest! Pronouns, Adverbs, Prepositions, etc. Which — What (Interrog. Pronouns). Which (AS hwylic — hwa.... | |
 | A. Douglas Ainslie - 1883 - 64 pages
...irretrievably disordered, and in thinking of his early death we can but sorrowfully admit how often . . . . " must fade The brightest still the fleetest, All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest." That the imperfections inseparable from humanity cannot have been salient or numerous in Schiller is... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1884 - 804 pages
...Formula axx2+. In this extract there are in the accented lines two Trochees and an additional syllable. All' that's | bright' must | fade : The brightest still the fleetest ; All' that's bright' must fade, But to be lost when sweetest. Stars' that shine' and fall, These, alas ! are types... | |
 | Ellen Wood - 1885 - 320 pages
...cheeks. " Where he is, ah1 things are beautiful." sing a song, of which this was the first verse : — " All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest." Mrs. Hill's words brought this song to my memory, and with it the damping reminder that nothing lasts... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...The flower that drops in springing ;These, alas! are types of all To which our hearts are clinging. it again 1 Who would seek or prize Delights that end m aching? Who would trust to ties That every hour are breaking?... | |
 | Rudolf Bobrik - Latin poetry - 1885 - 528 pages
...nicht zu hemmen; Sieh ! ein Hllgel voll Moos hat ihn auf immer gehemmt. All that's bright must fade. All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still the fleetest ; All that's sweet was made Bnt to be lost when sweetest. Stars that shine and fall; — The flower that drops in springing; These,... | |
 | Home economics - 1888 - 654 pages
...approach the heavens grew dark, earth trembled at his name." LOUISE M. PHILLIPS. 139.-HIDDEN WORDS. "All that's bright must fade,— The brightest still...that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest." Find hidden in the above lines, definitions, which words will appear, betical order : 1. An Egyptian... | |
 | Jakob Schipper - English language - 1888 - 630 pages
...flower that drops in springing; — These, alas I are types of all To which our hearts are clinging. All that's bright must fade, — The brightest still the fleetest ; All that's sweet teas made, But to be lost when sweetest. Eine andere Strophe mit achtzeiligein Aufgesange aus dreitaktigen... | |
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